I went to <the tape>

[yyh777]

Friends,

This sentence is retrieved from Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History S01E01 - The Lady Vanishes.

After seeing Roll Call at St. James's Palace, I went to the tape and sat on a little bench outside the Turner Gallery with Paul Usherwood.

Can someone explain to me what 'the tape' refers to in this context?

Cheers,

 

[Barque]

I think it's a typo for "the Tate", a famous art museum. It has a gallery of paintings of a British artist called William Turner (JMW Turner).

Tate Britain - Wikipedia